June 28
Good morning! Aaron and I are catching the
Tram again today. The system is so easy, we're like pros now. We purchased tickets from our hotel and all we have to do is punch it with the time using the yellow box by my head. The cars are clean and not very aggressive as you would imagine. There are 3 types of tickets by time frame -- 30-minutes, 90-minutes and 24-hours. You can get on and off as much as you need within that time frame and it can be for the Tram, Buses or Metro. They were really cheap = $1.00- $2.50! They even allow pets to board!
We finally made it into Aaron's church pick -- St. Nicholas Church
(Kostel svatého Mikuláše) in Malá Strana Square. So
different from St. Vitus Church. It's very elaborate in a Baroque style.
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| It was built between 1704-1755 by Christoph Dientzenhofer, a famous German architect, and later his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer and son-in-law Anselmo Lurago spanning over a century. |
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| It is a Roman Catholic church that still holds regular services, as well as concerts during the evenings. |
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| A fresco by František Xaver Palko adorns the dome; the
surface of the dome is covered by the artist’s painting of the open
heavens in which Christ and the Holy Father are glorified by a choir of
saints (1753-54). |
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| The grand ceiling painting Apotheosis of St Nicholas is the work of Viennese painter Johann Lukas Kracker from 1761. |
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| Bless you child! |
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| We're going upstairs to see different views, the organ and some beautiful artworks. |
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| The church’s matroneum features an outstanding series of ten paintings
on the subject of The Passion of Christ by Karel Škréta; dated to
1670-74 the paintings are key works from the end of the artist’s career.
This set of paintings was likely installed earlier in the Jesuit
college. |
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| The Baroque organ was played by Mozart in 1787. |
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| I look like a shrimp in a giant's church! |
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